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Asking for advice, or perhaps more of just a rant, about burnout... (please refrain from reading this if you'd like to avoid negative thoughts!)

I apologize in advance if [Help] isn't the right flair, considering this isn't exactly asking about game mechanics... I was going to put this in the Admiral's Lounge, but it got too long, so I thought a post would be more appropriate.

Despite having been aware of and tangentially consuming content from the KanColle fandom since 2015, I only started playing 2 months ago on 2024/09/08 So it's quite a joke that I'm already dealing with burnout, but...

For the longest time, I'd been avoiding games that have gacha mechanics, dailies, events, things that I know would suck me in, which is why I haven't played KanColle in the past few years. But back in August, I started playing quite a bit of KanColle Arcade during a trip to Japan ("a bit" is questionable---I ended up spending 40% of the entire trip playing it), and ended up being charmed by Kashima and the Kongou sisters, so much so that I ended up starting KanColle in 2024.

I really enjoyed all the mechanics KanColle had to offer. I genuinely enjoyed the gameplay; being new to it, even "bullshit" RNG was entertaining to watch. I made spreadsheets to help me easily decide which expeditions to send the 3 fleets on based on my current resource needs, went through the quest trees to plan out my dailies/weeklies/monthlies to get the items I thought I shouldn't miss, cleared dailies and exercises more diligently than I do my day job, almost planned my daily life around expeditions...

I enjoyed everything outside of the game itself, too. I watched the anime, with the movie and Itsuumi coming soon; I enjoyed amazing art and fanworks, laughing and bawling my eyes out at amazing series... Before I knew it, I've spent my free time on nothing but KanColle content in the past 2 months.

I haven't exactly made any significant achievements in the game, I'm only up to 3-3! My main ships are only Lv. 45~60, with the only exceptions being Yuudachi Kai Ni and Kashima at Lv. 97; I'm only at HQ Lv. 96 and 2300 sortie battles. The only pain I've experienced was 30 LSC attempts at Kashima (insignificant compared to usual LSC pain, I know); 110 2-3 sorties to get Shinshuu Maru; 180 1-5 sorties to get Akashi.

I haven't experienced combined fleets, haven't fought a single installation, haven't played a single real event (not counting Fleet Halloween and Sanma Festival)... It probably wouldn't be fair for me to tell myself that I've experienced enough of what KanColle has to offer.

Despite all this, I'm starting to feel burnt out. It feels like progressing further would require more effort than I'm willing to put in... So much equipment that comes only from higher level Kai Nis; needing to level an even wider variety of ships than the ones I already have levelled (that were 99% based on which ships I liked, rather than essential/good/meta ships); managing regular quests that I don't want to miss out on rewards for...

Plus, I know it's pretty much impossible for me to catch up to anywhere near good enough to clear events as they are now, when I'm pretty much a decade behind.

I realized today that I hadn't done anything in the past 2 months other than go to work, and play KanColle. I'd thought many times about whether I should be spending so much time, but I'm just so afraid of abandoning my precious shipgirls... Sure, they're just pixels and all, but the thought of quitting makes me feel so... sad...

I'm thinking of whether I should call it a day soon. Perhaps I should consider marrying Kashima (soon, 220,000 XP left) a good point to end...?

Perhaps I should leave the main game behind, and continue enjoying manga/anime/fan comics; that way, I'd be able to continue enjoying what I like the most (the characters I've grown to love). There is a nagging worry at the back of my head that I might fall out of love with even these if I stop playing, though...

This rant got a lot longer than I'd hoped to make it, so I guess this is where I properly ask for advice.

More experienced admirals and ex-admirals, do you have any advice for how I should manage this? Should I just leave after marrying Kashima? Should I change the way I think about the game, to suppress the feeling that I musn't miss out on anything, and play at a healthier pace? Do you have any recommendations for things that I should try at least once, like maybe clear some more maps, before I stop playing?

I'm terribly sorry for the long post, but I just feel so lost, and this was the only place I could think of to go to for advice.

Edit: I don't think terribly many will see this, but...

Thank you everyone for you very kind and so very helpful replies! They really helped put things back into perspective, and reminded me of what's important—having fun, and the reasons I wanted to play KanColle in the first place. I love this community. ｽﾞｲ₍₍(ง˘ω˘)ว⁾⁾ｽﾞｲ

I'll definitely work on pacing myself better. Missing a few regular quests won't kill me; playing at lower difficulties is fine, too. I don't want to kill the love I have for the game, for the kanmusu, and for the community and fandom for no good reason.

Wishing everyone smooth fishing, and fair seas!
∠(`･ω･´)

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want to start by saying I should definitely read up on more information at some point or another lol. Anyways, my team for the moment consists of Nagara (Lvl 12, flagship), Murakumo (lvl 9), Naka (lvl 8), Shirayuki (lvl 9), Jintsuu (lvl 9), and the focus of this post, Ryuujou (lvl 10). I ask this because sometimes she will hit for up to 116 damage, and other times, 7 or something stupid like that. I just wanna know why this is, and maybe how to keep her hitting high damage more consistently. Ask me for any additional information if needed.

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###Saury:

• Pumpkin Event has ended.
• Saury has begun.

Associated Quests:

• 【秋刀魚漁】鎮守府秋刀魚祭り開幕だね。頑張ろう！
• 【秋刀魚漁】くまりんこ秋刀魚漁！準備はよろしくて？
• 【秋刀魚漁】最上型秋刀魚祭り、いいじゃんいいじゃん！
• 【鎮守府秋刀魚祭り】本格作戦準備！
• 【鎮守府秋刀魚祭り】秋刀魚塩焼き演習！
• 【秋刀魚祭り拡張作戦】北方漁場防衛強化！
• 【拡張任務二〇二四】フィナーレ！

###Arsenal:

• Introduction of Type 3 Command Liaison Aircraft Kai Ni
• Type 3 Command Liaison Aircraft Kai Ni can be improved
• Raiden can be improved
• Yellow Wing SBD and TBD can be developed

###Voicelines/CG:

• New CG: Richelieu Deux, Kumano Maru, Yamashio Maru Kai, Amagiri Kai Ni, Gloire, Pola, Tamanami, Mogador, Asahi, I-41, I-36, Northampton
• New Voicelines: Valiant, Lexington, Phoenix, Heian Maru, I-36, I-41, Okinami, Kishinami, Kazagumo

###Quests:

No new permanent Quests (?)

###Misc:

• Halloween CGs are now archived and to be found in the Archive
• Furniture Renewal
• Kumano Maru will have fit bonuses with Type 3 Command Liaison Aircraft Kai
• Time limited drops of Jingei and Noumi have stopped
• Introduction of time limited drops of Okinami, Kishinami, Yamashio Maru and Kumano Maru in W1
• Introduction of time limited drop of Northampton in W5(?)
• Jukebox updated:
• ♪鎮守府秋刀魚祭り改
• ♪鎮守府秋刀魚祭り改三
• ♪村雨と峯雲の出撃
• Assets Page can now be scrolled

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It’s ‘bout that time again! Cheers to our ever-so brash and hotblooded OG AA Queen! Though many have contested her position in the anti-air class, none have quite matched the raw combat capabilities of our ol’ sukeban. Her sword as sharp as her shield is strong, her specialty sacrifices none of her surface prowess, day or night. Yet, beneath that fiery exterior belies a lovely maiden at heart. Her bravado complemented evermore with her moments of bashfulness. Let’s support the great Maya-Sama, with all of our love and strength!

Thank you once again for being the best and the cutest after all these years. You never fail to thrill my heart. Love ya, dearest Maya~

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Waiting on my cab for delivery in 2 weeks. Does anyone have a cheap bulk lot of cards? I know I won't have any blanks with the machine and have no idea where to find them. Located in USA.

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Hi I just started playing Kancolle four days ago and I am now lvl17, I've been looking around posts and discussions particularly around new players as well as wikis from many different sources, and I'm confused and sometimes feel like I'm not playing the game right... So I have a few questions and hope someone might help.

1. Is it normal that I very Very VERY VERY OFTEN have to play a map I've already passed over and over again and can't pass it again just cause a girl(s) get crit on or something and gets heavily damaged? (I'm particularly frustrated at 1-4 currently)
2. I see some people saying that DDs aren't powerful enough and I've seen new players have fleets with like 1-2 DDs and the rest are BB, CVs etc. While I'm here sitting regularly with 3-4 DDs in my fleet and a CV maybe a CVL and often a CL or CLT. Am I doing something wrong? I see many quests require DDs present in maps too so I don't really know what's going on.
3. This relates back to the second question: How tf are people getting all those good, big (non-DD/CL), rare ships? I'm finding myself with very limited resources to do construction and always getting DDs and CLs with Cruiser recipes (The only way I got to pass 1-4 was getting Kou for Chiyoda, sinking an enemy cruiser, and getting Akagi.)
4. How are you supposed to level SO MANY SHIPS at the same time, as world 2 is already requiring so many ship types I don't even have yet to pass. With all these different ship types, wouldn't you have to level all those new ships up so they can pass harder maps? How would you do that since I'm even already struggling to pass maps (I can't pass 1-5)? Is it just utilizing the daily exercise EXP?
5. I used to play Girls' Frontline, which is a Clike game, having many similar mechanics (which is kinda why I'm sometimes confused cuz I assume "same" mechanics, which isn't true). In GFL, there is a thing called Enhancement, which is similar to modernization in Kancolle, and it's a very essential part to increase the performance of characters, as lvl only increases the health stat, and characters used for Enhancement can increase all stats (not at the same time). For modernization in Kancolle, I'm finding most of the ships I can use to modernize only increasing the torpedo stat, and barely any ships increase other stats. This is making me confused and question whether or not modernization really is important? How and when should I utilize modernization?
6. To what degree is "leveling characters you like" feasible in Kancolle? I actually like Fubuki and Akagi (also kaga but ofc i don't have her yet) a lot but I do see that Fubuki isn't really that strong (huh i thought shes like mc lol)... I leveled her to lvl 25 already nonetheless and she's my highest lvled ship.
7. This is kinda similar to 6, but: How strongly should you "abide by" ship priorities? I see the EN Kancolle wiki has one, as well as a CN community (NGA), but it kinda seems like there are quite some dispairities between the lists.

I'm sorry if any of this has already been mentioned in a wiki or something, Kancolle is quite a complicated game and wow it's a lot of reading, so I must have missed some stuff. I would REALLY appreciate any help, thanks so much for reading all of that... I'm really enjoying the game right now but I sometimes really just don't know what's going on. Thanks again.

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